New North American Crataegi 



W. W. Eggleston 



Crataegus Tracyi Ashe in herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 



Leaves obovate to ovate, 2.5-4.5 cm. long, io-3-5 cm, wide, 

 obtuse or acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, finely serrate, 

 sometimes with a pair of irregular obtuse lobes towards the apex, 

 occasionally lobed on one side only, membranaceous, bright, 

 appressed-pubescent above, tomentose along the veins and paler 

 below; petioles about I cm. long, slightly winged above, and 

 somewhat tomentose ; corymbs many-flowered, corymbs and 

 calyx slightly villose, flowers about 15 mm. broad, calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate-acuminate, glandular-laciniate, often irregularly so ; 

 stamens about 10 ; styles 3 or 4, with tuft of tomentum at base; 

 immature fruit ellipsoidal, pubescent, about 7 mm. thick ; calyx- 

 lobes appressed ; nutlets usually 3, about 6 mm. long, nest of nut- 

 lets about 6 mm. thick, ridged on the back. Round-topped 

 trees 5-6 m. high ; young twigs tomentose, soon becoming gla- 

 brous, armed with numerous straight, slender, chestnut-brown 

 spines 3-6 cm. long. 



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Closely allied to C. Greggiana Eggl. of Mexico, 

 Type, Tracy & Earle iy2, foothills of Davis Mts., Texas, Apr. 

 23, 1902. (Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.) 



A part of the description was drawn from the following 

 specimen : 4 



Mexican Boundary Survey jj/, Rio Limpio, Texas, July 20, 

 Bigelow, (Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.) 



I would also refer to this species : 



W. L. Bray iy6. Turtle Creek, Kerr Co., Texas, May i, 1899. 

 (Herb. U. S. Nat. Mus.) 



The station of Bigelow's on Limpio Creek and that of Tracy 

 & Earle near the head of Toyah Creek are within a few miles of 

 each other and but a short distance from Fort Davis. 



Professor Tracy says in regard to his station : " C Tracyi Ashe, 

 was from the foothills on the north side of Davis Mts. We 

 camped for a late dinner at the head of Toyah Creek, south of 



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